Improvement in farm-fences



I. L. LAN DIS.

farm-Fence.

Patented Jan. 26, 1875.

THE GRAPHIC CU-FHOTO-UTFJQXAQJ PARK MACFJJY.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIGE ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-FENCES.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 159,188, dated January 26, 1875, application filed December 16,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL L. LANDIs, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts of a fence and its fastenings, as will be hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the fence; Fig. 2, an end view of one panel, and Fig. 3 a section of the post.

In the figures, A represents the fence-post, which may be made of any suitable material, and having holes made or bored through it one near its top and the other near its bottom. B B represent auxiliary posts or plates, which are fastened to the main posts by suitable wires 0 c. D D represent the rails, which may be made in any of the known and usual ways, and of any rough or refuse material.

In building this fence, I plant the posts as usual, and at a distance apart to suit the length of the rails; I then drive a peg into the posts near their bottoms to allow the bottom rails to rest upon. Theends of the rail of each panel the wires 0 c, which pass around it, and then-- have their ends passed through the holes in the post, and bent outward each way, so that they will catch against it. A pin, 0, is then driven into the holes in the post between the two ends of the wire, so as to hold them fast and prevent them from drawing out. This being done, the fence is finished.

This is a simple and easily-constructed fence, and one which can be made of old rails or lumber, and of old wire not fit for other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the wires 0 0, constructed as described, and pins 6 c, with the perforated post A, plates B B, and rails I), all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November, 1874.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

A. O. REINOEHL, J N0. M. AMWEG. 

